Text 38] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 471

maitreya uvaca
7g-yajuh-samatharvakhyan
vedan purvadibhir mukhaih
Sastram ijyam stuti-stomam
prayas-cittam vyadhat kramat

maitreyah uvaca—Maitreya_ said; rk-yajuh-sama-atharva—the four
Vedas; akhyan—of the name; vedan—Vedic literatures; purva-adibhih—
beginning with the front; mukhaih—by the mouths; sastram— Vedic hymns
not pronounced before; ijyam—priestly rituals; stuti-stomam—the subject
matter of the reciters; prayah-cittam—transcendental activities; vyadhat—
established; kramat—one after another.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya said: Beginning from the front face of Brahma, gradually the
four Vedas—Rk, Yajuh, Sama and Atharva—became manifest. Thereafter,
Vedic hymns which had not been pronounced before, priestly rituals, the
subject matters of the recitation, and transcendental activities were all
established, one after another.

TEXT 38

made wade meat Acar: |
weuret WIA Fe ATA ABA: 1RcII

ayur-vedam dhanur-vedam
gandharvam vedam atmanah

sthapatyam casrjad vedarn
kramat purvadibhir mukhath

ayuh-vedam— medical science; dhanuh-vedam—military science; gandhar-
vam—musical art; vedam—they are all Vedic knowledge; atmanah—of his
own; sthapatyam—architectural; ca—also; asrjat—created; vedam—knowl-
edge; kramat—respectively ; purva-adibhih—beginning from the front face;
mukhath—mouth.

TRANSLATION

He also created the medical science, military art, musical art, and
architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after
another, beginning from the front face.
